Clinical characteristics of elderly Japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; with special reference to the development of respiratory failure

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 381-389

  Terao, Shin Ichi ^a   Miura, Naofumi ^a   Osano, Yutaka ^a   Adachi, Koshin ^a   Sobue, Gen ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Elderly; Natural course; Respiratory function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33748923642     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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